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Who were the Iroquois?

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They were farmers and hunters

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Who were the Cree and Dene of the Northwest?

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They were hunter gatherers

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Who were the Sioux?

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Nomadic following bison (buffalo) herd

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How did the west coast natives preserve fish?

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Through drying and smoking

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Did Aboriginals and Europeans form a strong economic, religious and military bond in the first 200 years of co-existence which laid the foundations of Canada?

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True

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6
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Who were the first Europeans in Canada?

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The Vikings from Iceland

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What is the remains of the Viking settlement called?

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L’Anse aux meadows

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Who was the first to draw the map of Canada’s east cost?

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John Cabot

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Who was the first European to explore the St. Lawrence river and to set eyes on present day Quebec city and Montreal?

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Jacques Cartier

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10
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Who were the first European settlers?

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Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain

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What are the first 4 first nations of confederations?

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Algonquin, Montagnais, Huron and Iroquois

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12
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What did the French and Aboriginal people collaborate on?

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Fur trade

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13
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When did the British defeat the French?

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In 1759 in the battle of the plains of Abraham at Quebec City, marking the end of France’s empire in America

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14
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What is the Quebec Act?

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The Quebec Act of 1744 restored the French civil law while maintaining the British criminal law

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15
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Who are loyalists?

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People loyal to the crown

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16
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Who is Joseph Brant?

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He led thousands of loyalist Mohawk Indians to Canada

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17
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What constitutional Act divided the province of Quebec into upper (Ontario) and lower (Quebec) Canada?

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The Constitutional Act of 1791

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Who was Upper Canada’s first lieutenant governor and founder of the city of York (Toronto)?

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Lt. Colonel John Graves Simcoe

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19
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What is the underground railroad?

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A Christian anti-slavery network where slaves escaped into Canada from the United States following the North Star

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Who was the first woman publisher in Canada?

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Mary Ann Shadd Cary and she was against slavery

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21
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What is the name of the first company in Canada?

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The Hudson bay for fur trade

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22
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When did the Montreal stock exchange open?

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1832

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What did Charles de Salaberry do?

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He turned back 4,000 American Invaders at Chateauguay

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What did Sir Isaac Brook and Chief Tecumseh do?

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They led Canada’s defence against the Americans

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25
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What did Robert Ross do?

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Ross led the expedition that burned down the white house and other public buildings

26
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Who played a direct role in the founding of the National Capital Ottawa?

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Duke Wellington

27
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Who is Laura Secord?

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A woman who ran by feet miles to alert James FitzGibbon of the planned America attack.
She contributed to the Victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams

28
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Who recommended upper and lower Canada be merged and given a responsible government?

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Lord Durham

29
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What is a responsible government?

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The ministers of the Crown must have the support of a majority of the elected representatives in order to govern

30
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When was the Dominion of Canada established?

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July 1 1867

31
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Who became the first head of a responsible government?

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Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fointaine in 1849

32
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Who was the first British North American Colony to attain full responsible government?

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Nova Scotia

33
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Who introduced the responsible government?

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Lord Elgin

34
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Who suggested the phrase sea to sea for the Dominion of Canada?

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Leonard Tilley

35
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What provinces made up the dominion of Canada?

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Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec

36
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When was the last year of dominion date?

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1982

37
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When was the British North American Act?

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1867

38
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Who assigned the colours red and white to the Dominion of Canada?

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King George V in 1921

39
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Who was Canada’s first prime minister?

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Sir John Alexander Macdonald

40
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Who is on the $10 bill?

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Sir John Alexander Macdonald

41
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Who was the key architect of confederation from Quebec?

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George Etienne Cartier

42
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Who was Louis Riel?

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Metis and founding father of Manitoba

43
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When was the NWMP established and by who?

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1873 to pacify the west by Macdonald

44
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Who was the Metis greatest soldier?

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Gabriel Dumont

45
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Who was a great frontier hero, mounted policeman and soldier of the queen?

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Sir Sam Steele

46
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When was the powerful symbol of unity completed?

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Nov. 7 1885 by Donald Smith (Lord Strathcona) when he drove the last spike

47
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What is head tax?

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A race based entry fee

48
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When did the govt. apologize for the discrimination?

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2006

49
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Who is on the $5 bill and the first French Canadian prime minister

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Sir Wilfrid Laurier

50
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What is the South African war?

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The Boer war

51
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What happened in April 9 1917? Vimy day

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Canadian Corps Captured Vimy Ridge. First British Victory of the first world war

52
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Who was Canada’s greatest solder?

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Sir Arthur Currie

53
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Who was the first woman MP in 1921?

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Agnes Macphail

54
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What is the suffrage movement?

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This is the effort by women to achieve the right to vote led by DR. Emily Stowe who was also the first Canadian woman to practise medicine

55
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Who was the first province to grant voting rights to women in 1916?

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Manitoba

56
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When were women allowed to vote federally?

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1917 by Sir Robert Borden

57
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Who was an expert for tropical diseases?

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Phil Edwards

58
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When was the bank of Canada Created?

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In 1934, to manage money supply and bring stability to the financial system

59
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When is the D-Day Invasion?

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June 6, 1944

60
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When was the birth of a Nation witnessed?

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April 9 as Vimy day

61
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What happened at the end of the second war to Canada?

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Canada had the 3rd largest navy in the world

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